Toilet hair-receiver.



'gers of the operator out of the bag.

tln'trnn STATES Artnr FRANK LEMON, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

TOILET HAIR-RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,538, dated October 9, 1900.

Application filed May 25, 1900.

To all whom 1125 may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK LEMON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in rloilet Hair-Receivers, of which the following` is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, neat, and effective toilet article or receptacle which is especiallyadapted to receive wads or knots of stray hair; and the invention contemplates the production of a device of this character in which the peculiar construction of the neck or opening is such that the hair can be readily and conveniently passed into the receptacle and will be conlined therein.

It is customary to place combings or wads of stray hairin open-mouthed bags or similar receptacles designed to receive them; but owing principally to the fact that the hair is so very light the operation is usually rather laborious and vexing, more particularly in that the hair has a tendency to follow the fin- I have therefore produced a mouth or neck for a bag or receptacle, either as an integral part or separate, and provided said neck with yielding fingers extendinginward from the sides thereof and inclined downward, the said yielding fingers servingtoremove orstripthe hair from the fingers of the hand as the latter is Withdrawn after inserting a knot or wad of hair through the opening. l

The following specification enters into a detail description of the proposed construction and uses of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters thereon, which designate the different parts, and what I claim as my invention, and desire to fully protect by Letters Patent, is more speciically set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure l is a perspective view of a toilet hair-receiver constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the neck detached. Fig.

4 is a sectional view illustrating a modificat-ion of the invention.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to make the neck (designated by the letter A) Serial No. 17.962 tNo model.)

a separate article from the body of the bag or receptacle B, though it is obvious that the body portion instead of being a flexible bag, as illustrated herein, may be a rigid body or receptacle, with the neck as an integral part thereof. The neck A is a ring, either round or polygonal, and from theinner side thereof project fingers a, which are separated from each other a suitable distance and are disposed at a slight downward inclination. I prefer to have two rows of fingers, with those of one row out of vertical line with those of the other row, and the Said fingers are of such length with respect to the diameter of the ring or neck as to leave a central opening of the required size between the free ends thereof. The neck and inwardly-projecting fingers are preferably made of rubber, the ring portion being of a thickness consistent with the required strength, or it may be vulcanized, while the fingers themselves are soft or pliable in order that they may readily yield.

T0 facilitate the attachment of the neck or ring to a bag, the outer surface or periphery of said ring is provided with companion beads c d', forming a channel or groove between them to receive the binding-cord.

By providing the neck of a bag or receptacle with yielding fingers projecting into the opening, as herein shown and described, the said fingers will act to remove the hair from the fingers of the hand and force it downward. In depositing hair into the receptacle the 1ingers of the hand are passed downward through the opening between the free ends of the rubber lingers of the neck of the receptacle, said rubber fingers yielding to increase the size of the opening, and as the hand is withdrawn the rubber fingers catch the hair and remove it effectively from the fingers of the hand, conflning it in the receptacle.

It is almost necessary that the neck be separate from the body of the receptacle in order that the latter may be readily emptied, and though the neck can be attached by tying the mouth of a bag around the same, as shown in Fig. l, it is also contemplated to provide said neck with a thread c and screw it in to the threaded opening of a rigid receptacle C, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This modification also shows that the ngers may be made up IOO of spring-wire c instead of rubber, and, if desired, the ends of the wire fingers could be tipped with rubber.

It is proposed to make up the neck and sell the same as a separate article of manufacture, so that any one may purchase a rubber neck, Figs. l, 2, and 3, and make the bag to suit their taste. In Fig. 4 the neck is shown as removably attached to a rigid receptacle or bottle.

It is obvious that changes could be made in the construction and application of the invention without departing from the spirit of theinven tion, and I therefore wish to be fully protected in what I claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toilet hair-receiver the neck of which is provided with fingers project-ing into the opening, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. A toilet hair-receiver the neck of which is provided with yielding fingers projecting into the opening, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. A toilet hairreceiver the neck of which is provided with yielding fingers projecting into the opening, said fingers being inclined downward, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

4. As a new article of manufacture a neck fora toilet article having yielding fingers projecting from the inneijsidethereof into the opening, substantially as shown and for the` purpose set forth.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a neck for a toilet article having yielding fingers projecting from the inner side thereof into the opening of said neck, said fingers being inclined downward, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a neck for a toilet article having yielding fingers projecting from the inner side thereof into the opening and inclined downward, said neck having means for attaching the same to a receptacle, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

7. As a new article of 1nanufacture,a rubber neck having integral rubber fingers projecting from the inner side thereof into the opening and beads extending around the outer side of said neck, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK LEMON.

Witnesses JOHN HUBER, ANTON E. SCHAAF. 

